United States v. Checoura

OPINION

ORLOFSKY, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This case requires me to explore new territory created by a 1998 amendment to the United States Sentencing Guidelines encouraging downward departures for significant impairment of a defendant’s “volitional” capacities — that is, his or her power to resist the temptation to do wrong. On March 2, 2001, the Defendant, Leticia A. Checoura (“Checoura”), pled guilty to an information- charging her with interstate transportation of stolen property, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2814. Checoura has now moved for a downward departure from the applicable…